Find frequencies for LTE networks in Russia - Telekomza

Company “MegaFon”, thanks to the close cooperation with the “Skartel” his situation with the radio frequency resources for the deployment of LTE networks can be considered safe.

However, the introduction of new wireless technologies in Russia is complete without external “stimuli.” After this statement – one of the recipients of competitive licenses, the terms of which must comply even with the liberal attitude of the regulator and the industry ministry. However, unexpectedly in the Ministry of Communications decided to show concern and threaten with a “sampling frequency”, but a few days later changed their minds.

This public display of disregard of legal norms like thing of the past, when another authority (FAS) has decided to remind myself – the head of the antimonopoly authority for some reason decided that the “problem” is not in the frequencies, fair distribution of FAS which can not achieve for many years, but the licenses. It is necessary that the operator for some reason still further concluded that a bilateral, or trilateral agreements with FAS and with someone else, in which the “swear” to comply with the license conditions. “Pebble” in the direction of Roscomnadzor or just said it without thinking?

But apparently, this noise is still “scared” of license holders and we learned about the plans to install 7,000 BC to support LTE.

This month went by and news of “Union LTE”, which tries to hold in their hands the process of conversion of the spectrum and has repeatedly defended his approach, involving the implementation of license obligations, so to speak, “little blood” – more precisely with minimal cost to the operators .

Leaving alone for the Ministry of Defense, in the “Union LTE” carried out an audit of the frequencies that were in use in WiMAX-providers and operators MMDS-networks. In the spring of this year it was reported that in the frequency range of 2.5-2.7 GHz, subject to conversion, MMDS has 38 companies in 43 regions of Russia, as well as WiMAX operators in 390 localities. This data Roskomnadzora at the beginning of 2013. Negotiations with them and engaged in the first place.

First there is information about Khabarovsk, where the disposal operators will 2h48 MHz band (2524-2572/2644-2692 MHz), and then the news of the agreement reached with the company “Prestige-Internet” (“Enforta”). WiMAX-provider gave for a fee in the radio frequency resource of 102 villages with a population of 50-100 thousand people.

quote from the press release, “Union LTE”:
“According to the contract, LLC” Prestige-Internet “committed in the course of 45 business days to stop the use of radio frequencies 2530-2570 MHz and 2650-2690 MHz, members of the range of frequencies allocated Decision ? 11-12-02 SCR under the standard LTE, which at the time of the contract have been used to provide services to subscribers in the territory of the Russian Federation on technology WiMAH “.

Both events can be considered significant, at least based on the detected band – 2h48 MHz, liberated Company “TV network” (Khabarovsk) and 2×40 MHz – LLC “Prestige-Internet”. This will provide an opportunity for participants’ Union mobile operators LTE “run in these settlements network 4th generation and offer residents high-speed mobile Internet access.

“Union LTE” will continue to work – according to the company “in” another 10 potential contracts with the users of the scarce spectrum. It can be assumed that the question of conversion of frequency in the low range will not go up next six months – the operators have a “reserve”, and the Ministry of Communications, trying to get out of the situation, issuing stupid (the main thing being equal) strips of “7.5 MHz” until the end reinforced their proposals relevant PPA.

fall (and beyond) are waiting for the meetings of SCR, the members of which can still pay attention to the dynamics of LTE in the 1800 MHz band in the world and allowed refarming, whereby part of the Russian population will have access to the LTE network noticeably earlier.

Otherwise, we will not hear for a long time the news from Russia about overcoming ordinary millionth “marks”.